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Santosh Yadav
Santosh Yadav

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Moving to Germany

If you follow me, you know I have worked as a consultant for the last year. I have decided to take the next step in my career and move to Hamburg this week.

It was a difficult choice, and I wanted to stay in india and grow with the community; the Indian tech community will always have a special place in my heart. I became GDE; you all voted me to be the First GitHub star from India and gave me lots of love.

Some personal and professional decisions led to this.

  • Better community outreach: Being in Europe will give me access to a broad community, as the timezone in india sometimes affects the participation in many conferences and meetups.

  • My future ambitions: It is not a secret that I want to work as a Developer Advocate one day. Last year, I got a few calls, but many discussions due to salary and location expectations didn't go ahead.

I will not miss the Indian community at all, I will keep rooting for you all, and if you need any help from me, I am just a DM away. I was lucky to meet a few of you before moving.

Six years ago, I came to Pune and got everything I came looking for in this City: a better life for my family, money, and peaceful life. Wish us that we get the same thing in a new country as we start a new chapter of our life.

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Simon Wicki

Congrats to this next big chapter!

And don't get frustrated by the bureaucratic, German authorities. I live in Germany for over 9 years now and my heart still skips a beat when I see a physical letter by the Finanzamt πŸ™ˆ

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DB

Living in Germany for 24 years now and my hart still skips a beat when I see a letter by the Finanzamt.

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Santosh Yadav

Haha πŸ˜‚ don't scare me on day 1.

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Patrick • Edited

A bit late to the party.... wanted to say congratulations! Germany is a very welcoming country, I've lived here for 20 years and haven't regretted my move!!
Best,
Patrick
Florist, Berlin

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Santosh Yadav

Thank you πŸ’™

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latenightly

Congrats!
What was the most difficult or annoying part in moving to germany as a professional?
I once heard someone say heβ€˜d pay money to not have to deal again with everything that comes with relocating to germany.
Wonder what that is…

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Santosh Yadav

No idea, my employer provided me all the support from Visa to relocation, so was easy for me.

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Salim Chemes

congrats Santosh!

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Liftoff Studios

Congrats !!

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vimal patel

Congratulations Santosh

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Anuradha

Congratulations and wishing you the best for this next phase of your life and career !!

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Rahul Chaudhary • Edited

Congratulations Santosh

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Aakash Goplani

Congratulations Santosh πŸ‘‹

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Abayomi Ogunnusi

Congrats

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Andrei Gatej

Congrats!

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Ben Halpern

Congrats!

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Mageshwaran

Congratulations, have a great journey aheadπŸš‚πŸš‚

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simfen

Congrats man and Herzlich Willkommen. Hamburg is my birthplace and city of my heart, if you need any advice or tips, don’t hesitate to ask!

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Santosh Yadav

Thank you πŸ’™ sure will let you know if I need help with anything πŸ™

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Raghavan alias Saravanan Muthu

Hearty Congrats Santosh. Very happy for you as always. I am sure you would be a rockstar wherever you are. My best wishes for the successful stint of your career ahead!!